IN view of the recent controversy concerning the structure of the methane molecule, it is proposed to state briefly the results of an X-ray ‘powder’ investigation of solid methane at a ...

Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, according to a new article published ...

A very important part of chemistry is understanding the structure of atoms and the differences ... of the atoms it contains to write down its formula. For example, the formula for carbon monoxide ...

Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but there is far less of it in the atmosphere and it does not stay there as long. Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon ...

How the rate of decay affects key factors Use of compost and manure by gardeners and farmers Anaerobic decay, methane gas and biogas generators Required practical Science calculations ...

In the reaction, the bonds in the methane and oxygen molecule come apart, the atoms rearrange and then re-bond to form water and carbon dioxide. The little number written at the lower right after an ...

Beyond the ladder-like structure described above, another key characteristic of double-stranded DNA is its unique three-dimensional shape. The first photographic evidence of this shape was ...

Methane is the second most important contributor to climate change. Accounting for roughly 20 percent of human-caused GHG emissions, methane has a global warming potential 80 times more powerful ...

Sitting in his cramped office in Paris, Manfredi Caltagirone admits that one of the world’s highest-profile efforts to cut methane emissions so far isn’t stopping the gas from escaping and ...

For the last two years, Canada has shown up at the annual United Nations climate conference, with a very good story to tell about its progress on tackling the harmful methane emissions that come ...

The Supreme Court recently declined to suspend new environmental rules requiring oil and gas operations to cut their methane emissions, allowing the rules to move forward while challenges play out ...

a kind of solid water ice with methane gas trapped within the crystal structure. Since the initial shape of Titan's craters is unknown, the researchers modeled and compared two plausible initial ...